Q. A pack of 5 notebooks costs $25. If the notebooks all have the same price, how much does it cost to buy 1 notebook?
Determine cost of pack: Determine the cost of one pack of notebooks.A pack of 5 notebooks costs $25.
Calculate cost of one notebook: Calculate the cost of one notebook.Since all notebooks have the same price, divide the total cost of the pack by the number of notebooks in the pack.$25÷5=$5
Verify the calculation: Verify the calculation.Multiplying the cost of one notebook by the number of notebooks should give us the original price of the pack.$5×5=$25This confirms that the calculation in Step 2 is correct.
More problems from Approximation percent word problems